The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-22
SOME RED-HOT WORK.
Desperate Encounter Between
Outlaws and VigilanteS.
1 VERY TOUGH LOT TO TACKLE.
The Leader of the VIgiIantes Will
Follow the Robbers to Hades
but He'll Wipe EN- Out.
A Desperate Fight.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, October 2l.-A
special to the Gazette, from Wawoko, l.
T., via Muskogee, this evening, says:
ION Thursday, a desperate fight took
place on the north fork of the Arkansas
River, between Bud Trainers gang of
outlaws and the vigilance committee,
under the leadership of Robert
Henderson, Scotch half breed,
which followed them from duck
worth's store, in the Greek Nation,
on the occasion of the raid there on
Wednesday. II appears that the out
laws, finding out the size OF the force
which was following them, decided to
risk an encounter and made haste to
reach the river banks, where they could
find shelter behind the trees and in the
ravtnes which line the banks on either
side. In this they succeeded, so
that when the yigilantes came
up they were entirely, for a
score of men, who knew not what
mercy was. Henderson took his men a
short distance up the river, where a
fording place could be found, then
crossed and took up a position on the
other side of the stream from the out
laws, and where his men were as well
protected as were Trainers men.
The river at this point is only about 100
yards wide, and across this distance,
from Thursday morning until Thursday
night, the bullets were singing on
their mission of death. When the
yigilantes had succeeded in obtaining
this pos ton, they found they had lost
three men and two more were seriously
wounded. AS Trainer found the enemy
in his rear on the opposite side of the
river, he sent half of his men
down the stream to cross and
come up on the other side, fighting
under cover of the trees. In this coup
de etat they were surprised by the
avengers, who met them half way and
opened fire upon them, checking their
course and driving them panic-stricken
and precipitately back. IL endeavorlng
to rally his men, Bill Chuet was killed,
and before the river could be reforded.
John Leech, of the robber gang, las shot
off his horse, but not killed. The fight
from this on was continued across the
stream, the banks of which were lined,
at "a distance of about five rods apart,
with sharp shooters. No sooner was a
head, an arm, or any part OF
d UOuy NloAUAO Oh OAVACA oAoO
than bullets were seeking to find
Judgement therein. As Thursday
night was coming on, Henderson called
his men in for a consultation, when it
was found that out of bis force eight
were killed outright and eight others
had received serious, though not fatai
wounds. His force was in this
way reduced one-half, and it was
thought best to remove the wounded
here and go back home and stir
I'D reinforcements. The dead were
buried and the wounded, it was found,
after dressing their wounds, were able
to return home with the rest of the
party. 1t is thought as many of the
outlaws were killed as of the pursuing
party, though this will never be known.
Henderson says he will collect men and
follow the robbers to hades if necessary,
but what he will wipe them out.
Henry Aires, Well-to do stockman
from the Cherokee Nation, who was
one of the party with Henderson, says
Bud Trainer;wasskilled during the fight.
He is of the opinion that not
less than fifteen men were
killed outright upon both sides, and
thinks that one-half the outlaws who
were not killed were wounded. 1t is by
no means certain that another party
will be organized to hunt down the out
laws, as it is thought the severe lesson
they have been taught will tend to
drive them from the Territory, or at
least, to put quietus on their lawless-
ness